Movie Information
Overall Rank: 7805
Average Rating: 2.5/4
# of Ratings: 61
Theatrical Release Date: 04/01/2011
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 08/09/2011
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Gunn
Actors: Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Michael Rooker, Gregg Henry
Plot: After his wife leaves him for a drug-dealing scumbag, Frank D'Arbo decides that his miserable life has meaning after all and he transforms into the Crimson Bolt. He metes out justice, in increasingly psychopathic fashion, to those he feels deserve punishment. -- Chris Kavan
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Rating of
2/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/11/2019
All throughout "Super," I wasn't sure whether I should be dying with laughter or cringing in disgust. James Gunn's superhero dark comedy is like a mean-spirited, offensive, and unredeeming version of "Kick-Ass."
Rating of
2.5/4
Matthew Brady - wrote on 02/28/2014
After his wife leaves him for a drug-dealing scumbag, Frank D'Arbo decides that his miserable life has meaning after all and he transforms into the Crimson Bolt. He metes out justice, in increasingly psychopathic fashion, to those he feels deserve punishment. This movie was a big rip-off of kick-ass and this movie is not funny more like messed up.
Rating of
3/4
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/10/2012
Maybe I just like violence, but there's something about a masked Rainn Wilson hitting random strangers with a pipe wrench that just makes me smile. The ending was actually quite moving considering all the violence that preceded it. The entire film was quite a nice - like Kick-Ass if the main character was an adult.
Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
3/4
Super review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 12/07/2012
Frank Darbo (Rainn Wilson) is a cook whose wife, Sarah (Liv Tyler), was stolen by the drug dealing boss Jacques (Kevin Bacon). He has a revelation and a comic-book salesgirl named Libby (Ellen Page) helps him out with his personal mission. A good dark comedy with nice messages but imperfectly represented onscreen. The writer-director admits he wrote the project the time Kick-Ass was being created. More humorous but much darker with a bitter conclusion. Aside from the unlikable characters (namely Sarah), weird apparitions of Frank and a miscast in Bacon as the protagonist, its still an entertaining graphic violent comedy crime flick worth viewing. Soundtrack was inserted perfectly in certain scenes and screenplay effective. Super is definitely worth watching for some laughable …
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